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All posts for the month July, 2007

Normally, as intended, this blog appears as a feed on my Yahoo 360 page. It is generally less political than my Yahoo blog, and more concerned with personal or social commentary. Yet my July 2 entry never appeared as a feed on 360. The previous one remained as if it were the most recent. Is there a bug in RSS, or did Yahoo filter it? The unfed blog was not really risque’ in nature, though it did refer to a law in Texas that bans the use of certain devices in the pursuit of pleasure.My satirical entry was not meant to titillate, but to point out the absurdity and injustice of a law seeking to prevent people privately seeking gratification with appliances designed for that purpose, or selling such toys unless one pretends they are "educational models".Texas law is, in other words, sticking its proverbial nose where it doesn’t belong. This came to my attention when I heard that a store clerk in Lubbock was arrested under this law. That she could be convicted as a criminal for doing her job, selling devices which are not only harmless but beneficial, devices which are no doubt legal in the other 49 states and most of the world, and which have been used ever since their invention in ancient Greece on the island of Lesbos, is unjust in the extreme.Though I don’t currently live in Texas, I have in the past. I found the people, especially the women, to be friendly, intelligent, open minded, and not at all repressed. Why they would allow their legislators to make a law that belongs to the Dark Ages I do not understand.Texans, write your state congress. And Yahoo, your filter is too sensitive. This is still America, you know.

The rumor that Texas police are seeking to investigate the suspected possession of illegal sexual devices on US Army bases throughout the state is still unsubstantiated. The existence of an undercover section of the Texas Rangers known as the Phallus Squad could not be confirmed, and no official comment could be obtained on the question of whether Texas state law, which bans the use of artificial devices for sexual gratification, extends to Federal military property.

The Army is known for its practical approaches, and it may silently condone the use of dildos and vibrators by female soldiers so as to reduce the number of entangling relationships with the men. No evidence of an Army-issued olive green dildo has come to light, but it would probably be preferred over brightly-colored or chrome-plated models.

A massive raid on women’s army barracks would probably yield thousands of such devices. Lab tests would be needed to confirm actual use in order to prove they were not merely educational models.

While rumors of the planned crack-down cannot be discounted, it is possible that they stem from a mis-heard radio report about armadillos, rather than army dildos.

— ~~~Captain RatIt’s a friendly universe…Let’s make it a peaceful world.~~~~~~~~~~~~Thought for the day: